Submission deadline: 12 September 2010

Hidden Door is a multidisciplinary arts festival that brings creative talent from all disciplines and backgrounds together, showcases new talent across the arts, and celebrates the quality and innovation happening right here in Scotland.

Films can be in any genre and up to 15 mins in length, (although we may take longer films if they work particularly well in the program).

Films should be uploaded to Vimeo and then a link emailed to genbicknell@gmail.com Please include the date the film was made, which category it comes under ie fiction, documentary, experimental etc, a short biography or couple of lines about yourself and crew, and whether or not you have a link to Scotland. Being Scottish, living in Scotland or having studied here all count as links. We will also accept films by post. Please address to Hidden Door, 16/2 Mertoun Place, Edinburgh, EH11 1JZ. Unfortunately we cannot return items posted. There is no charge for submitting films.

Deadline for submissions is September 12th 2010. If you are currently working on a film and it will be finished after September 12th, let us know and it might still be possible to include it.

If you have any queries, please email Genevieve at genbicknell@gmail.com

www.hiddendoor.org

The Screenplay Festival in Shetland, from the 28th of August to the 5th of September, features a screening of Red Kite Animations on the 5th of September, 11am, at the Garrison Theatre, Lerwick, Shetland.

Jim Stirk, Red Kite’s Workshop coordinator will introduce the programme, and talk about the films afterwards. He will also be running an adult animation workshop on Wednesday the 1st of September at the Shetland Museum and Archives.

The Films screening on the 5th are;

The Green Man of Knowledge (2000) – Rachel Bevan-Baker

Lunar Jig (2001) – Rachel Everitt

The Witches (2002) – Elizabeth Hobbs

The Loch Ness Kelpie (2003) – Iain Gardner

The Skeleton Woman (2004) – Edith Pieperhoff

The True Story of Sawney Beane (2005) – Elizabeth Hobbs

Famine (2006) – Hugo Cuellar

Shhh… (2006) – Fumio Obata

A Nationwide Celebration Of Japanese Animation!

GLASGOW, UK – August 10, 2010 – We are excited to announce Scotland Loves Anime, taking place from the 8th to 10th of October in Glasgow and the 15th to 17th of October in Edinburgh this year!

Our 2010 lineup consist of: Trigun Badlands Rumble, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, One Piece Strong World, Evangelion 2.0, Summer Wars, Redline, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva and Cowboy Bebop the Movie.

Scotland Loves Anime will carry on from our highly successful screenings of Evangelion 1.0 and the UK premiere of Evangelion 2.0 as well as the iconic Akira as part of the Glasgow Film Festival this year.

WHEN AND WHERE?

Glasgow – The GFT: Friday, October 8th to Sunday, October 10th

Edinburgh – Filmhouse Cinema: Friday, October 15th to Sunday, October 17th

Dundee – DCA as part of the Discovery Film Festival: October 22nd-26th

WHAT’S ON?

Our film line-up is below, we will confirm running order across the weekend by the start of September for both weekends via our website.

GLASGOW – Glasgow Film Theatre:

Trigun: Badlands Rumble (UK premiere, HDCAM)
One Piece Strong World (UK premiere, HDCAM)
Summer Wars (Scottish premiere, Digital Cinema Print)
Redline (Scottish premiere, HDCAM)
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (Scottish premiere, Digital Cinema Print)
Cowboy Bebop the Movie (Special screening, 35mm)

EDINBURGH – Filmhouse Cinema:

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (UK premiere, 35mm)
Evangelion 2.0 (Special screening, Digital Betacam)
Summer Wars (Digital Cinema Print)
Trigun: Badlands Rumble (HDCAM)
One Piece Strong World (HDCAM)
Redline (HDCAM)
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (Digital Cinema Print)

Dundee – DCA:

Summer Wars (Digital Cinema Print)

We’ll be announcing our special guests and forthcoming exhibition details shortly as well so stay tuned for another press release!

TICKETS?

Tickets for the Glasgow weekend will go on sale on August 19th, Edinburgh’s tickets will go on sale not long after that.

ABOUT SCOTLAND LOVES ANIMATION: Scotland Loves Animation is a non-profit charity for the promotion of animation in Scotland. Our remit is to work all year round to bring screenings, workshops and talks to a range of different audiences across the country.

Contact information:

Web: www.lovesanimation.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/loves.animation
Twitter: www.twitter.com/lovesanimation

Ink.digital – Vacancies

Ink.digital is recruiting clean-up artists/animators for major film production. Starting immediately. Expected duration is until end September.

Candidates must have first class life drawing skills. You will have a professional approach to your work and likely have at least an animation training at higher education level and /or professional 2D animation experience, this will probably not be your first job after graduation. You will be working to highly demanding production values and deadlines. Submit a CV along with your animation showreel and examples of life drawing to Aileen McGibbon at studio@inkdigital.co.uk (ideally as an online portfolio).

All candidates selected for interview will be required to complete a project specific drawing test. Two references will be required.

“Triumphant? The Art of the Deal” will take place on Sunday 4th July 2010 in a farm barn belonging to landowner Michael Forbes, located at the centre of Donald Trump’s controversial golf development in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire.

A series of Paintings, a specially commissioned sculpture, selected correspondence and other artifacts explore the issues and emotions surrounding the anticiptaed compulsory purchase orders of family homes and farmland for the construction of Trump’s £750 milion masterplan.

While viewing the original artwork, you can experience for yourself this amazing part of the Scottish countryside and enjoy a leisurely day out. The event is a “free range happening”. There is no set itinerary. You are welcome to arrive anytime after 12 noon and leave whenever you choose before sunset. The local community will be providing tea and snacks, but please feel free to bring your own picnic and enjoy an afternoon on the beautiful Menie sand dunes. You’re likely to enjoy spotting the resident wildlife: pheasants, rabbits, geese, wild deer and many different types of birds.

It truly is a beautiful place and I hope you can join us to share a unique experience.

David McCue

The winner of the McLaren Award for New British Animation in partnership with BBC Film Network at the 64th Edinburgh International Film Festival is Victoria Mather’s STANLEY PICKLE, produced at the National Film and Television School

Victoria’s Film uses a technique known as pixilation, something that McLaren himself experimented with throughout his career, so it’s a very appropriate choice by the audience!